perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
=head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-Many modules are included the Perl distribution. These are described
+Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described
below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library
-file (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
+files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated
by the installation process. You may also discover files in the
library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are
=over 12
+=item assertions
+
+Select assertions in blocks of code
+
+=item assertions::activate
+
+Activate assertions
+
+=item assertions::compat
+
+Assertions for pre-5.9 versions of perl
+
=item attributes
Get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=item base
-Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
+
+=item bigint
+
+Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
+
+=item bignum
+
+Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
+
+=item bigrat
+
+Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=item blib
=item charnames
-Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes.
+Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes
=item constant
=item diagnostics
-Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics
+Produce verbose warning diagnostics
=item encoding
-Pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into Unicode
+Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
+
+=item encoding::warnings
+
+Warn on implicit encoding conversions
+
+=item feature
+
+Enable new syntactic features
=item fields
Request less of something from the compiler
+=item lib
+
+Manipulate @INC at compile time
+
=item locale
Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
=item open
-Set default disciplines for input and output
+Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=item ops
=item overload
-Package for overloading perl operations
+Package for overloading Perl operations
=item re
=item threads
-Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
+Perl interpreter-based threads
+
+=item threads::shared
+
+Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads
=item utf8
Predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=item version
+
+Perl extension for Version Objects
+
=item vmsish
Control VMS-specific language features
manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the
Exporter module. See their own documentation for details.
+It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your
+system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you
+don't have the gdbm library.
+
=over 12
=item AnyDBM_File
Provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item Archive::Tar
+
+Module for manipulations of tar archives
+
+=item Archive::Tar::File
+
+A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar
+
=item Attribute::Handlers
Simpler definition of attribute handlers
Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
+=item CPAN::Version
+
+Utility functions to compare CPAN versions
+
=item Carp
Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=item Carp::Heavy
-No user serviceable parts inside
+Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
=item Class::ISA
Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=item Compress::Raw::Zlib
+
+Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library
+
+=item Compress::Zlib
+
+Interface to zlib compression library
+
+=item Config
+
+Access Perl configuration information
+
=item Cwd
Get pathname of current working directory
Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
+=item DBM_Filter
+
+Filter DBM keys/values
+
+=item DBM_Filter::compress
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::encode
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::int32
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::null
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::utf8
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
=item DB_File
Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=item Data::Dumper
+
+Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
+
+=item Devel::DProf
+
+A Perl code profiler
+
+=item Devel::Peek
+
+A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+
=item Devel::SelfStubber
Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
Modules that calculate message digests
+=item Digest::MD5
+
+Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+
+=item Digest::SHA
+
+Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
+
+=item Digest::base
+
+Digest base class
+
+=item Digest::file
+
+Calculate digests of files
+
=item DirHandle
Supply object methods for directory handles
Provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=item DynaLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
=item Encode
Character encodings
+=item Encode::Alias
+
+Alias definitions to encodings
+
+=item Encode::Byte
+
+Single Byte Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CJKConstants
+
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=item Encode::CN
+
+China-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CN::HZ
+
+Internally used by Encode::CN
+
+=item Encode::Config
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::EBCDIC
+
+EBCDIC Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Encoder
+
+Object Oriented Encoder
+
+=item Encode::Encoding
+
+Encode Implementation Base Class
+
+=item Encode::Guess
+
+Guesses encoding from data
+
+=item Encode::JP
+
+Japanese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::JP::H2Z
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=item Encode::JP::JIS7
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=item Encode::KR
+
+Korean Encodings
+
+=item Encode::KR::2022_KR
+
+Internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Header
+
+MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
+
+=item Encode::PerlIO
+
+A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
+
+=item Encode::Supported
+
+Encodings supported by Encode
+
+=item Encode::Symbol
+
+Symbol Encodings
+
+=item Encode::TW
+
+Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Unicode
+
+Various Unicode Transformation Formats
+
+=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7
+
+UTF-7 encoding
+
=item English
Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays
+=item Errno
+
+System errno constants
+
=item Exporter
Implements default import method for modules
Exporter guts
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder
+
+Compile and link C code for Perl modules
+
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
=item ExtUtils::Command
Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
+=item ExtUtils::Command::MM
+
+Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
=item ExtUtils::Constant
Generate XS code to import C header constants
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Base
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Utils
+
+Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::XS
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
=item ExtUtils::Embed
Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
Determine libraries to use and how to use them
+=item ExtUtils::MM
+
+OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_AIX
+
+AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Any
+
+Platform-agnostic MM methods
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_DOS
+
+DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS
+
+Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_NW5
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_QNX
+
+QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN
+
+U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_Unix
Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_VOS
+
+VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_Win32
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Win95
+
+Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
+
+=item ExtUtils::MY
+
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-Create an extension Makefile
+Create a module Makefile
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config
+
+Wrapper around Config.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ
+
+Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
+
+Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
+
+Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
+
+Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
=item ExtUtils::Manifest
Manage .packlist files
+=item ExtUtils::ParseXS
+
+Converts Perl XS code into C code
+
=item ExtUtils::testlib
Add blib/* directories to @INC
=item File::Basename
-Split a pathname into pieces
+Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.
=item File::CheckTree
Traverse a directory tree.
+=item File::Glob
+
+Perl extension for BSD glob routine
+
+=item File::GlobMapper
+
+Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files
+
=item File::Path
Create or remove directory trees
Simplified source filtering
+=item Filter::Util::Call
+
+Perl Source Filter Utility Module
+
=item FindBin
Locate directory of original perl script
+=item GDBM_File
+
+Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+
=item Getopt::Long
Extended processing of command line options
A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
+=item Hash::Util::FieldHash
+
+Associate references with data
+
=item I18N::Collate
Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
+=item I18N::LangTags::Detect
+
+Detect the user's language preferences
+
=item I18N::LangTags::List
Tags and names for human languages
+=item I18N::Langinfo
+
+Query locale information
+
=item IO
Load various IO modules
+=item IO::Compress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Compress modules
+
+=item IO::Compress::Deflate
+
+Write RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Gzip
+
+Write RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::RawDeflate
+
+Write RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Zip
+
+Write zip files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Dir
+
+Supply object methods for directory handles
+
+=item IO::File
+
+Supply object methods for filehandles
+
+=item IO::Handle
+
+Supply object methods for I/O handles
+
+=item IO::Pipe
+
+Supply object methods for pipes
+
+=item IO::Poll
+
+Object interface to system poll call
+
+=item IO::Seekable
+
+Supply seek based methods for I/O objects
+
+=item IO::Select
+
+OO interface to the select system call
+
+=item IO::Socket
+
+Object interface to socket communications
+
+=item IO::Socket::INET
+
+Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
+
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
+
+Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
+
+Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress
+
+Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
+
+Read RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Inflate
+
+Read RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
+
+Read RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Unzip
+
+Read zip files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Zlib
+
+IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib>
+
=item IPC::Open2
Open a process for both reading and writing
Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
+=item IPC::SysV
+
+SysV IPC constants
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Msg
+
+SysV Msg IPC object class
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore
+
+SysV Semaphore IPC object class
+
+=item List::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility list subroutines
+
=item Locale::Constants
Constants for Locale codes
ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+=item MIME::Base64
+
+Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
+
+=item MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint
+
+Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
+
=item Math::BigFloat
Arbitrary size floating point math package
=item Math::BigInt
-Arbitrary size integer math package
+Arbitrary size integer/float math package
=item Math::BigInt::Calc
Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu
+
+Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=item Math::BigInt::FastCalc
+
+Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed
+
+=item Math::BigRat
+
+Arbitrary big rational numbers
+
=item Math::Complex
Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
=item Memoize
-Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+Make functions faster by trading space for time
=item Memoize::AnyDBM_File
Store Memoized data in Storable database
-=item NDBM_File
+=item Module::Build
-Tied access to ndbm files
+Build and install Perl modules
-=item NEXT
+=item Module::Build::API
-Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+API Reference for Module Authors
-=item Net::Cmd
+=item Module::Build::Authoring
-Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
+Authoring Module::Build modules
-=item Net::Config
+=item Module::Build::Base
-Local configuration data for libnet
+Default methods for Module::Build
-=item Net::Domain
+=item Module::Build::Compat
-Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
+Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=item Net::FTP
+=item Module::Build::ConfigData
-FTP Client class
+Configuration for Module::Build
-=item Net::NNTP
+=item Module::Build::Cookbook
-NNTP Client class
+Examples of Module::Build Usage
-=item Net::Netrc
+=item Module::Build::ModuleInfo
-OO interface to users netrc file
+Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
-=item Net::POP3
+=item Module::Build::Notes
-Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
+Configuration for $module_name
-=item Net::Ping
+=item Module::Build::PPMMaker
-Check a remote host for reachability
+Perl Package Manager file creation
-=item Net::SMTP
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Amiga
-Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
+Builder class for Amiga platforms
-=item Net::Time
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Default
+
+Stub class for unknown platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC
+
+Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX
+
+Builder class for MPEiX platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MacOS
+
+Builder class for MacOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS
+
+Builder class for RiscOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Unix
+
+Builder class for Unix platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VMS
+
+Builder class for VMS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VOS
+
+Builder class for VOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::aix
+
+Builder class for AIX platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::cygwin
+
+Builder class for Cygwin platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::darwin
+
+Builder class for Mac OS X platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::os2
+
+Builder class for OS/2 platform
+
+=item Module::Build::YAML
+
+Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed
+
+=item Module::CoreList
+
+What modules shipped with versions of perl
+
+=item Module::Load
+
+Runtime require of both modules and files
+
+=item Module::Loaded
+
+Mark modules as loaded or unloaded
+
+=item NDBM_File
+
+Tied access to ndbm files
+
+=item NEXT
+
+Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch
+
+=item Net::Cmd
+
+Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
+
+=item Net::Config
+
+Local configuration data for libnet
+
+=item Net::Domain
+
+Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
+
+=item Net::FTP
+
+FTP Client class
+
+=item Net::NNTP
+
+NNTP Client class
+
+=item Net::Netrc
+
+OO interface to users netrc file
+
+=item Net::POP3
+
+Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+Check a remote host for reachability
+
+=item Net::SMTP
+
+Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
+
+=item Net::Time
Time and daytime network client interface
Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
+=item Package::Constants
+
+List all constants declared in a package
+
=item PerlIO
On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
+=item PerlIO::encoding
+
+Encoding layer
+
+=item PerlIO::scalar
+
+In-memory IO, scalar IO
+
+=item PerlIO::via
+
+Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+
+=item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
+
+PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
=item Pod::Checker
Check pod documents for syntax errors
+=item Pod::Escapes
+
+For resolving Pod EE<lt>...E<gt> sequences
+
=item Pod::Find
Find POD documents in directory trees
Base class for creating POD filters and translators
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker
+
+Let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff
+
+Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToText
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk
+
+Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=item Pod::PlainText
+
+Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
=item Pod::Plainer
Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
Extract selected sections of POD from input
+=item Pod::Simple
+
+Framework for parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Checker
+
+Check the Pod syntax of a document
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Debug
+
+Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsText
+
+Dump Pod-parsing events as text
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTML
+
+Convert Pod to HTML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch
+
+Convert several Pod files to several HTML files
+
+=item Pod::Simple::LinkSection
+
+Represent "section" attributes of L codes
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Methody
+
+Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken
+
+End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken
+
+Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken
+
+Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserToken
+
+Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::RTF
+
+Format Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Search
+
+Find POD documents in directory trees
+
+=item Pod::Simple::SimpleTree
+
+Parse Pod into a simple parse tree
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing
+
+Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Text
+
+Format Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Simple::TextContent
+
+Get the text content of Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
=item Pod::Text
Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation
-=item Pod::t::basic
-
-Test of various basic POD features in translators.
-
=item SDBM_File
Tied access to sdbm files
Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
+=item Scalar::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
+
=item Search::Dict
Search for key in dictionary file
=item Storable
-Persistency for perl data structures
+Persistence for Perl data structures
=item Switch
Manipulate Perl symbols and their names
+=item Sys::Hostname
+
+Try every conceivable way to get hostname
+
+=item Sys::Syslog
+
+Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+
=item Term::ANSIColor
Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
=item Term::ReadLine
-Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
+Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
=item Test
Backend for building test libraries
+=item Test::Builder::Module
+
+Base class for test modules
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester
+
+Test testsuites that have been built with
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester::Color
+
+Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester
+
=item Test::Harness
-Run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
=item Test::Harness::Assert
Internal Test::Harness Iterator
+=item Test::Harness::Point
+
+Object for tracking a single test point
+
=item Test::Harness::Straps
Detailed analysis of test results
+=item Test::Harness::TAP
+
+Documentation for the TAP format
+
+=item Test::Harness::Util
+
+Utility functions for Test::Harness::*
+
=item Test::More
Yet another framework for writing test scripts
=item Thread
-Manipulate threads in Perl
+Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
+
+=item Thread::Queue
+
+Thread-safe queues
+
+=item Thread::Semaphore
+
+Thread-safe semaphores
+
+=item Thread::Signal
+
+Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code)
+
+=item Thread::Specific
+
+Thread-specific keys
=item Tie::Array
Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+=item Time::HiRes
+
+High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
+
=item Time::Local
Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
=item Unicode::Collate
-Use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+Unicode Collation Algorithm
+
+=item Unicode::Normalize
+
+Unicode Normalization Forms
=item Unicode::UCD
By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
-=item Win32
+=item XS::APItest
+
+Test the perl C API
-Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
+=item XS::Typemap
+
+Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+
+=item XSLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=back
To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
those without documentation or outside the standard release,
-just do this:
+just use the following command (under the default win32 shell,
+double quotes should be used instead of single quotes).
- % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
+ % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \
+ 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ },
+ no_chdir => 1 }, @INC'
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find>
program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no
system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
+
=head2 Extension Modules
Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They
for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of
platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to
look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines
-like Alta Vista or Deja News.
+like Alta Vista or Google.
=head1 CPAN
replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style
guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and
occasional binary distributions for these. Search engines for
-CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/.
+CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/
Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules,
some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of
=back
-Registered CPAN sites as of this writing include the following.
-You should try to choose one close to you:
+The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows.
+Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields:
+
+Continent
+ |
+ |-->Country
+ |
+ |-->[state/province]
+ |
+ |-->ftp
+ |
+ |-->[http]
+
+and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the
+European and the South American sites.
+
+You should try to choose one close to you.
=head2 Africa
=over 4
-=item *
-
-South Africa
+=item South Africa
- ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
+=item China
-China
+ http://cpan.linuxforum.net/
+ http://cpan.shellhung.org/
+ ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN
- ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/
- http://CPAN.pacific.net.hk/
- ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- http://cpan.shellhung.org/
- ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
+=item Indonesia
-=item *
+ http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cbn.net.id/
+ ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN
-India
+=item Israel
- http://cpan.in.freeos.com
- ftp://cpan.in.freeos.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
+ http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Japan
-Indonesia
+ ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.cpan.jp/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.itb.web.id/
- ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/
- http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/
- ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+=item Malaysia
-=item *
+ http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my
+ http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN
-Israel
+=item Russian Federation
- http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
- http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.tomsk.ru
+ ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/
-=item *
+=item Saudi Arabia
-Japan
+ ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
- http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
- ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
- ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+=item Singapore
-=item *
+ http://CPAN.en.com.sg/
+ ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/
+ http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan
-Korea
+=item South Korea
- http://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
- ftp://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://CPAN.bora.net/
+ ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Taiwan
-Philippines
-
- http://www.adzu.edu.ph/CPAN
-
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/
+ ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
-Russian Federation
+=item Thailand
- http://cpan.tomsk.ru
- ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-Saudi Arabia
-
- ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Singapore
-
- http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg
-
-=item *
-
-South Korea
-
- http://CPAN.bora.net/
- ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Taiwan
-
- ftp://coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
- http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Thailand
-
- http://download.nectec.or.th/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/languages/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Costa Rica
+=item Costa Rica
- ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Austria
-
- ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Belgium
-
- http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.skynet.be
- ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Bulgaria
-
- ftp://ftp.ntrl.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Croatia
-
- ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Czech Republic
-
- http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Denmark
-
- http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
- ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
- http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
- ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-England
-
- http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/
- http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Estonia
-
- ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Finland
-
- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.kpnqwest.fi/
-
-=item *
-
-France
-
- ftp://cpan.ftp.worldonline.fr/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
- ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
- ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- http://fr.cpan.org/
- ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
- http://cpan.cict.fr/
- ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Germany
-
- ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.noris.de/
- ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Greece
-
- ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Hungary
-
- http://cpan.artifact.hu/
- ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/
- http://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Iceland
-
- http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Ireland
-
- http://cpan.indigo.ie/
- ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
- http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
- ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Italy
-
- http://cpan.nettuno.it/
- http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
- ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
- http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
- ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
- ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
- ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Latvia
-
- http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Lithuania
+=item Austria
- ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.inode.at/
+ ftp://cpan.inode.at
+ ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Belgium
-Netherlands
+ http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.skynet.be
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/
- ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
- http://www.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+=item Bosnia and Herzegovina
-=item *
+ http://cpan.blic.net/
-Norway
+=item Bulgaria
- ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+ http://cpan.online.bg
+ ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan
+ http://cpan.zadnik.org
+ ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lirex.net/
+ ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Croatia
-Poland
+ http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- http://www.fic.uni.lodz.pl/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.fic.uni.lodz.pl/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/
- ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+=item Czech Republic
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-Portugal
+=item Denmark
- ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.ip.pt/
- ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/perl/
- ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.ip.pt/
- ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.up.pt/pub/CPAN
+ http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
+ ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cybercity.dk
+ http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
+ ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Estonia
-Romania
+ ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.opsynet.com/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item Finland
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN
-Russia
+=item France
- ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.rinet.ru/
- ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
- ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN
+ http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
+ ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://fr.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
+ http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Germany
-Slovakia
+ ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
+ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.noris.de/
+ ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
+
+=item Greece
- ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Slovenia
-
- ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Spain
-
- ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Sweden
-
- http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Switzerland
-
- ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl
+ ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
+
+=item Hungary
+
+ http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Iceland
+
+ http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Ireland
+
+ http://cpan.indigo.ie/
+ ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+ ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+
+=item Italy
+
+ http://cpan.nettuno.it/
+ http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
+ ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
+ ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
+ http://cpan.flashnet.it/
+ ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Latvia
+
+ http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Lithuania
+
+ ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Netherlands
+
+ ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/
+ ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Norway
+
+ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+
+=item Poland
+
+ ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Portugal
+
+ ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://cpan.ip.pt/
+ ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
+ http://cpan.telepac.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/
+
+=item Romania
+
+ ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://cpan.ambra.ro/
+ ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-Turkey
-
- ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Ukraine
-
- http://cpan.org.ua/
- ftp://cpan.org.ua/
- ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
+=item Russia
+
+ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.rinet.ru/
+ ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
+ ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovakia
+
+ ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovenia
+
+ ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Spain
+
+ http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/
+ ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
+
+=item Sweden
+
+ http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Switzerland
+
+ http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/
+ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Turkey
+
+ http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
+
+=item Ukraine
+
+ http://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
+ http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/
+ ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item United Kingdom
+
+ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.etla.org/
+ ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.m.flirble.org/
+ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/
+ ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Canada
+=item Canada
=over 8
-=item *
-
-Alberta
-
- http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Manitoba
-
- http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Nova Scotia
+=item Alberta
- ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/
+ ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Manitoba
-Ontario
+ http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/CPAN/
+=item Nova Scotia
-=item *
+ ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
-Quebec
+=item Ontario
- http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/
- ftp://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/
=back
-=item *
-
-Mexico
+=item Mexico
- http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
- ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
- http://cpan.unam.mx/
- ftp://cpan.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
- http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
+ ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://www.cpan.unam.mx/
+ ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
-
-United States
+=item United States
=over 8
-=item *
-
-Alabama
+=item Alabama
- http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item California
-California
-
- http://www.cpan.org/
- ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
- http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
- ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
- http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
- ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
- http://cpan.digisle.net/
- ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
- http://www.linuxjar.com/CPAN
- ftp://linuxjar.com/pub/CPAN
- http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
- http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.develooper.com/
+ http://www.cpan.org/
+ ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
+ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.digisle.net/
+ ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
+ http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Colorado
-Colorado
+ ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.four10.com
- ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+=item Delaware
-=item *
+ http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
-District of Columbia
+=item District of Columbia
- ftp://ftp.dc.us.telia.net/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Florida
-Florida
+ ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/
- ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+=item Indiana
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.netnitco.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
-Illinois
+=item Kentucky
- http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
- ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://cpan.uky.edu/
+ ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan
+ ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Massachusetts
-Indiana
+ http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.nitco.com/
- ftp://cpan.nitco.com/pub/CPAN/
- http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
- ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.in-span.net/
- http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
- ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+=item Michigan
-=item *
+ ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
-Kentucky
+=item Nevada
- http://cpan.uky.edu/
- ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item New Jersey
-Massachusetts
+ http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/
- ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
+=item New York
-=item *
+ http://cpan.belfry.net/
+ http://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
-Michigan
+=item North Carolina
- ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Oklahoma
-New Jersey
+ ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+=item Oregon
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
-New York
+=item Pennsylvania
- ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
+ http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.pair.com/
+ ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Tennessee
-North Carolina
+ ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+=item Texas
-=item *
-
-Ohio
-
- ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Oklahoma
+ http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.binarycode.org/cpan
+ ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN
+ http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item Utah
-=item *
-
-Oregon
-
- ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Virginia
-Pennsylvania
+ http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ http://perl.secsup.org/
+ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
+ http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
- http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+=item Washington
-=item *
+ http://cpan.llarian.net/
+ ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
+ ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
-Tennessee
+=item Wisconsin
- ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Texas
-
- http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Utah
-
- ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Virginia
-
- http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Washington
-
- http://cpan.llarian.net/
- ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
- ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN
=back
=over 4
-=item *
+=item Australia
-Australia
+ http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au
- http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+=item New Zealand
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item United States
-New Zealand
- ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
+ ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Argentina
-
- ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item Argentina
-=item *
-
-Brazil
+ ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
- ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
+=item Brazil
-=item *
+ ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
+ ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
-Chile
+=item Chile
- ftp://ftp.psinet.cl/pub/programming/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/lang/perl/
+ http://cpan.netglobalis.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/
=back
+=head2 RSYNC Mirrors
+
+ www.linux.org.ar::cpan
+ theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN
+ ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN
+ rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN
+ ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN
+ mir1.ovh.net::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp.leo.org::CPAN
+ ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN
+ gusp.dyndns.org::cpan
+ ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan
+ ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/
+ mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN
+ rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN
+ mirror.averse.net::cpan
+ rsync.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN
+ ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN
+ cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN
+ ftp.sedl.org::cpan
+ ibiblio.org::CPAN
+ cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN
+ archive.progeny.com::CPAN
+ rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN
+ mirror.aphix.com::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan
+ mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN
+ mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN
+ cpan.pair.com::CPAN
+ cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN
+ csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN
For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites,
see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES .
The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make
a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work.
-Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU
-GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and
-Artistic). Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL.
+Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL
+and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic,
+or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>). Larry has good reasons for NOT
+just using the GNU GPL.
My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the
Perl community at large is to state something simply like: